administrative law
Let an agent explain administrative law and its principles, relay systems and procedures from legal sources by jurisdiction, describe judicial review and remedies, and distinguish administrative law from constitutional and criminal law, routing personal cases to lawyers.
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Purpose and description
Let an agent explain administrative law and its principles, relay systems and procedures from legal sources by jurisdiction, describe judicial review and remedies, and distinguish administrative law from constitutional and criminal law, routing personal cases to lawyers.
The body of public law governing the organisation, powers and procedures of government agencies and the review of their actions, covering rule-making, adjudication, licensing and enforcement, judicial review and remedies, and specialised fields such as regulated sectors law and the laws organising municipalities, provinces and governors, with national systems such as the administrative law of Norway; administrative law protects citizens against unlawful administration and enables effective government.
What it is for: Governing and reviewing public administration.
It can be explain principles; relay systems by jurisdiction; describe review and remedies; route personal cases.
Distinguishing features
Public administration focus
Legality and due process
Judicial review
Jurisdictional variation
What it looks like
Not a visible object; statutes, regulations and court decisions.
How it is recognised
Law of public administration
Rule-making, adjudication, judicial review; regulated sectors law; municipal and provincial organisation laws; administrative law of Norway
Constitutional law concerns the state structure; criminal law concerns offences; private law concerns individuals
Related models
is a kind of - in registry terms
governs - and agencies
provides - of administrative action
is adjudicated by - in many systems
In practice
Families and kinds
general administrative law and procedure
judicial review of administrative action
regulatory and regulated sectors law
local government law such as laws of municipalities, capital secretariats and provinces
administrative courts and tribunals
national systems such as the administrative law of Norway
Standards and regulation
Administrative procedure acts such as the US APA and the Norwegian Public Administration Act
Constitutional guarantees of due process
Council of Europe recommendations on good administration
Failure modes and hazards
Agents giving personal legal advice
Generalising across jurisdictions
Confusing administrative with constitutional law
Also called
Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Understand What administrative law is.
Definition.
Definition
Definition and scope.
Definition
Definition.
- What is administrative law, and how does it differ from constitutional, criminal and private law? definition
- Is the question about administrative law in general, a specific jurisdiction or a personal case, which needs a lawyer? boundary
Principles
Principles.
Principles
Principles.
- What principles such as legality, proportionality, fairness and reasoned decisions govern administration? definition
- Which entry fits the specific principle? action
Systems Systems and procedure.
Regulation.
Procedure
Administrative procedure.
Procedure
Procedure.
- How do rule-making, adjudication and licensing work under administrative procedure acts? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Countries
National systems.
Countries
Countries.
- How do administrative law systems differ, for example in Norway, France, Germany and the United States? provenance
- Which entry fits the specific system? action
Review Review and remedies.
Regulation.
Judicial
Judicial review.
Judicial
Judicial.
- How do courts review administrative action, and on what grounds? provenance
- Which sources are cited? provenance
Remedies
Remedies and ombudsmen.
Remedies
Remedies.
- What remedies exist, from quashing decisions to damages and ombudsman complaints? provenance
- Which entry fits ombudsman? action
Context Local government and history.
Context.
Local
Local government law.
Local
Local.
- How do laws organise municipalities, provinces and governors, as in the historical ordinances named in the registry? provenance
- Which entry fits local government law? action
History
History.
History
History.
- How did administrative law develop from the droit administratif to modern regulatory states? provenance
- Which entry fits the history of administrative law? action
What the second pass must settle
- Should judicial review and administrative procedure be separate primary entries?
- How should legal sources be linked by jurisdiction?
- The registry entry has merged aliases naming national and historical statutes; should they be split off?